Rwanda After Genocide: Gender, Identity and Post-Traumatic Growth by Caroline Wi

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In the 1994 Rwanda genocide, around 1 million people were brutally murdered. Through analysing their testimonies, this book explores the ways Rwandans have rebuilt their lives, paying particular attention to the relationship between posttraumatic growth and gender and examining it within the wider frames of colonialism and cultural practices.

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In the 1994 Rwanda genocide, around 1 million people were brutally murdered in just thirteen weeks. This book offers an in-depth study of posttraumatic growth in the testimonies of the men and women who survived, highlighting the ways in which they were able to build a new, and often enhanced, way of life. In so doing, Caroline Williamson Sinalo advocates a new reading of trauma: one that recognises not just the negative, but also the positive responses to traumatic experiences. Through an analysis of testimonies recorded in Kinyarwanda by the Genocide Archive of Rwanda, the book focuses particularly on the relationship between posttraumatic growth and gender and examines it within the wider frames of colonialism and traditional cultural practices. Offering a striking alternative to dominant paradigms on trauma, the book reveals that, notwithstanding the countless tales of horror, pain, and loss in Rwanda, there are also stories of strength, recovery, and growth.

Author Biography

Caroline Williamson Sinalo is Lecturer in World Languages at University College Cork. Awarded her Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham in 2014, she has published numerous articles on the lives and experiences of Rwandan genocide survivors, notably on the topic of posttraumatic growth. Her Ph.D., funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council Collaborative Doctoral Award, was carried out in partnership with the Aegis Trust charity, and involved spending a year working in Rwanda at the national archive. Her collaboration with the Aegis Trust has since continued and she has twice received Aegis Research, Policy and Higher Education (RPHE) funding. Williamson Sinalo's research has also been supported by the Irish Research Council (IRC).

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Defying silence, defying theory; 2. Postcolonial posttraumatic growth in Rwandan men; 3. Rwanda's women and posttraumatic individualism; 4. Communal men and agentic women: posttraumatic growth at the collective level; 5. What is really unspeakable? Gender and posttraumatic growth at the international level; Conclusion.

Review

'Rwanda after Genocide is an important and unique book. In a model of gender-inclusive research, Caroline Williamson Sinalo brings a deep humanity and critical vigour to her study of masculinities and femininities during and after the 1994 genocide. Drawing on revelatory and sometimes wrenching survivor testimonies, she has gleaned vital insights into the daunting challenge of 'post-traumatic growth' in Rwanda.' Adam Jones, author of Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction'Based on extensive interviews of genocide survivors, Williamson Sinalo provocatively reconsiders how we ought to approach trauma in post-genocide Rwanda. While acknowledging the pain, suffering and loss many endured, her focus on post-traumatic growth offers a salutary complement to Western trauma theories which, too often, fail to recognize survivors' ability to reshape their lives in ways they see as more meaningful than before the genocide.' Alexandre E. Dauge-Roth, Bates College, Maine'[T]his wise and luminous book about post-traumatic growth in Rwandan genocide survivor testimonies is essential reading for anyone interested in studying the legacies of violence in post-conflict situations.' Stef Craps, Ghent University'Navigating both the dark and bright days seen in Rwanda, and using the 1994 genocide as the central point of analysis, Caroline Williamson Sinalo offers a sensitive look at the pain experienced since.' Ernest Mutwarasibo, University of Rwanda'Caroline Williamson Sinalo's nuanced and complex account skewers two clichés about post-genocide Rwanda: everyday citizens lack agency and voice; and the consequences of the genocide for survivors have been exclusively negative. Analysing archival testimonies assembled by Rwandan researchers, Williamson Sinalo shows the limitations of Western theories of trauma when applied to the Rwandan context and highlights the salience of the provocative concept of 'posttraumatic growth'. This book is a must-read for anyone wanting to go beyond the black-and-white accounts of present day Rwanda and the narrow theoretical understandings of 'trauma' that currently dominate the literature.' Phil Clark, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

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Drawing on Rwandan genocide survivor testimonies, this book offers a new approach to psychological trauma that considers both the positive and negative consequences.

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Advance praise: 'Rwanda after Genocide is an important and unique book. In a model of gender-inclusive research, Caroline Williamson Sinalo brings a deep humanity and critical vigour to her study of masculinities and femininities during and after the 1994 genocide. Drawing on revelatory and sometimes wrenching survivor testimonies, she has gleaned vital insights into the daunting challenge of 'posttraumatic growth' in Rwanda.' Adam Jones, author of Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction

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Drawing on Rwandan genocide survivor testimonies, this book offers a new approach to psychological trauma that considers both the positive and negative consequences.

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In the 1994 Rwanda genocide, around 1 million people were brutally murdered. Through analysing their testimonies, this book explores the ways Rwandans have rebuilt their lives, paying particular attention to the relationship between posttraumatic growth and gender and examining it within the wider frames of colonialism and cultural practices.

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In the 1994 Rwanda genocide, around 1 million people were brutally murdered. Through analysing their testimonies, this book explores the ways Rwandans have rebuilt their lives, paying particular attention to the relationship between posttraumatic growth and gender and examining it within the wider frames of colonialism and cultural practices.

Details ISBN1108426131 Author Caroline Williamson Sinalo Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 1108426131 ISBN-13 9781108426138 Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Gender, Identity and Post-Traumatic Growth Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 304.6630967571 Affiliation University College Cork Pages 240 Publication Date 2018-10-04 Short Title Rwanda after Genocide Language English UK Release Date 2018-10-04 AU Release Date 2018-10-04 NZ Release Date 2018-10-04 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 9 Halftones, black and white Alternative 9781108444590 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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